THE JAWAHARLAL INSTITUTE OF POST-GRADUATE MEDICAL 
EDUCATION AND RESEARCH, PUDUCHERRY ACT, 2008 
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ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS 
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SECTIONS 

1.  Short title and commencement. 
2.  Declaration of Jawaharlal Institute of Post-Graduate Medical Education and Research 

Puducherry, as an institution of national importance. 

3.  Definitions. 
4.  Incorporation of Institute. 
5.  Composition of Institute. 
6.  Term of office of, and vacancies among members. 
7.  President of Institute, his powers and functions. 
8.  Allowances of President and members. 
9.  Meeting of Institute. 
10.  Governing Body and other committees of Institute. 
11.  Staff of Institute. 
12.  Objects of Institute. 
13.  Functions of Institute. 
14.  Vesting of property. 
15.  Payment to Institute. 
16.  Fund of Institute. 
17.  Budget of Institute. 
18.  Accounts and audit. 
19.  Annual report. 
20.  Pension and provident funds. 
21.  Authentication of orders and instruments of Institute. 
22.  Acts and proceedings not to be invalidated by vacancies, etc. 
23.  Grant of medical degrees, diplomas, etc., by Institute. 
24.  Recognition of medical qualifications granted by Institute. 
25.  Control by Central Government. 
26.  Resolution of differences. 
27.  Returns and information. 
28.  Transfer of service of existing employees. 
29.  Power to make rules. 
30.  Power to make regulations. 
31.  Laying of rules and regulations before Parliament. 
32.  Power to remove difficulties. 

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THE JAWAHARLAL INSTITUTE OF POST-GRADUATE MEDICAL 
EDUCATION AND RESEARCH, PUDUCHERRY ACT, 2008 

ACT NO. 19 OF 2008 

[16th May, 2008.] 

An Act to declare the Institution known as the Jawaharlal Institute of Post-Graduate Medical 
Education and Research, Puducherry, to be an institution of national importance and to provide 
for its incorporation and matters connected therewith. 

BE it enacted by Parliament in the Fifty-ninth Year of the Republic of India as follows:— 

1.  Short  title  and  commencement.—(1)  This  Act  may  be  called  the  Jawaharlal  Institute  of  

Post-Graduate Medical Education and Research, Puducherry Act, 2008. 

(2)  It  shall  come  into  force  on  such  date1  as  the  Central  Government  may,  by  notification  in  the 

Official Gazette, appoint. 

2.  Declaration  of  Jawaharlal  Institute  of  Post-Graduate  Medical  Education  and  Research 
Puducherry, as an institution of national importance.—Whereas the objects of the institution known 
as  the  Jawaharlal  Institute  of  Post-Graduate  Medical  Education  and  Research,  Puducherry  in  the  
Union territory of Puducherry are such as to make the institution one of national importance, it is hereby 
declared  that  the institution  known  as  the  Jawaharlal  Institute  of  Post-Graduate  Medical  Education  and 
Research, Puducherry is an institution of national importance. 

3. Definitions.—In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,— 

(a) “Fund” means the Fund of the Institute referred to in section 16; 

(b) “Governing Body” means the Governing Body of the Institute; 

(c) “Institute” means the institution known as the Jawaharlal Institute of Post-Graduate Medical 

Education and Research, Puducherry, incorporated under this Act; 

(d) “member” means a member of the Institute; 

(e) “prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Act; 

(f) “specified” means specified by regulations made under this Act. 

4.  Incorporation  of  Institute.—The  Jawaharlal  Institute  of  Post-Graduate  Medical  Education  and 
Research, Puducherry, an Institute functioning under the Union Ministery of Health and Family Welfare, 
is  hereby  constituted  a body  corporate  by  the  name  aforesaid and as such  body corporate,  it  shall  have 
perpetual succession and a common seal with power, subject to the provisions of this Act, to acquire, hold 
and dispose of property and to contract and shall, by that name, sue and be sued. 

5. Composition of Institute.—(1) The Institute shall consist of the following members, namely:— 

(a)  Secretary  to  the  Government  of  India  in  the  Ministry  or  Department  of  Health  and  Family 

Welfare, ex officio; 

(b) the Vice-Chancellor of the Puducherry University, ex officio; 

(c)  the  Vice-Chancellor  of  the  Tamil  Nadu  Dr.  M.G.R.  Medical  University,Tamil  Nadu,  

ex officio; 

(d) the Director-General of Health Services, Government of India, ex officio; 

(e) the Director of the Institute, ex officio; 

(f) Chief Secretary, Government of Puducherry, ex officio; 

1. 14th July, 2008, vide notification No. S.O. 1672(E), dated 14th July, 2008, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, sec. 

3(ii). 

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(g) Secretary to the Government of India or his nominee (not below the rank of Joint Secretary) in 

the Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance, ex officio; 

(h) Secretary to the Government of India or his nominee (not below the rank of Joint Secretary) in 

the Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Human Resource Development, ex officio; 

(i) seven persons of whom one shall be a non-medical scientist representing the Indian Science 
Congress  Association,  to  be  nominated  by  the  Central  Government  in  such  manner  as  may  be 
prescribed; 

(j)  four  representatives  of  the  medical  faculties  of  Indian  Universities  to  be  nominated  by  the 

Central Government in such manner as may be prescribed; and 

(k) three Members  of  Parliament  of  whom  two  shall be  elected  from  among  themselves  by  the 
members of the House of the People and one from among themselves by the members of the Council 
of States. 

(2) It is hereby declared that the office of member of the Institute shall not disqualify its holder for 

being chosen as, or for being, a member of either House of Parliament. 

6.  Term  of  office  of,  and  vacancies  among  members.—(1)  Save  as  otherwise  provided  in  this 

section, the term of office of a member shall be five years from the date of his nomination or election. 

(2) The term of office of a member elected under clause (k) of sub-section (1) of section 5 shall come 
to an end as soon as he becomes a Minister or Minister of State or Deputy Minister or the Speaker or the 
Deputy Speaker of Lok Sabha or the Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha or ceases to be a member of the 
House from which he was elected. 

(3) The term of office of an ex officio member shall continue so long as he holds the office by virtue 

of which he is such a member. 

(4) The term of office of a member nominated or elected to fill a casual vacancy shall continue for the 

remainder of the term of the member in whose place he is nominated or elected. 

(5) An out-going member other than a member elected under clause (k) of sub-section (1) of section 5 
shall continue in office until another person is nominated as a member in his place or for a period of three 
months, whichever is earlier: 

Provided  that  the  Central  Government  shall  nominate  a  member  in  place  of  an  out-going  member 

within the said period of three months. 

(6) An out-going member shall be eligible for re-nomination or re-election. 

(7) A member may resign his office by writing under his hand addressed to the Central Government 

but he shall continue in office until his resignation is accepted by that Government. 

(8) The manner of filling vacancies among members shall be such as may be prescribed. 

7. President of Institute, his powers and functions.—(1) There shall be a President of the Institute 
who shall be nominated by the Central Government from among the members other than the Director of 
the Institute. 

(2) The President shall exercise such powers and discharge such functions as are laid down in this Act 

or as may be prescribed. 

8.  Allowances  of  President  and  members.—The  President  and  other  members  shall  receive  such 

allowances from the Institute as may be prescribed. 

9. Meetings of Institute.—The Institute shall hold its first meeting at such time and place as may be 
appointed  by  the  Central  Government  and  shall  observe  such  rules  of  procedure  in  regard  to  the 
transaction of business at the first meeting as may be laid down by that Government; and thereafter, the 
Institute  shall  meet  at  such  times  and  places  and  observe  such  rules  of  procedure  in  regard  to  the 
transaction of business including quorum at its meetings as may be specified. 

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10. Governing Body and other committees of Institute.—(1) There shall be a Governing Body of 

the Institute which shall be constituted by the Institute in such manner as may be specified: 

Provided that the number of persons who are not members of the Institute shall not exceed one-third 

of the total membership of the Governing Body. 

(2)  The  Governing  Body  shall  be  the  executive  committee  of  the  Institute  and  shall  exercise  such 

powers and discharge such functions as the Institute may specify in this behalf. 

(3) The President of the Institute shall be the Chairperson of the Governing Body and as Chairperson 

thereof he shall exercise such powers and discharge such functions as may be specified. 

(4)  The  procedure  to  be  followed  in  exercise  of  its  powers  and  discharge  of  its  functions  by  the 
Governing Body, and the term of office of, and the manner of filling vacancies among the members of the 
Governing Body shall be such as may be specified. 

(5) Subject to such control and restrictions as may be prescribed, the Institute may constitute as many 
standing  committees  and  as  many  ad  hoc  committees  as  it  thinks  fit  for  exercising  any  power  or 
discharging any function of the Institute or for inquiring into, or reporting or advising upon,  any matter 
which the Institute may refer to them. 

(6) The Chairperson and members of the Governing Body and the Chairperson and the members of a 

standing committee or an ad hoc committee shall receive such allowances, as may be specified. 

11.  Staff  of  Institute.—(1)  There  shall  be  a  chief  executive  officer  of  the  Institute  who  shall  be 
designated  as  the  Director  of  the  Institute  and  shall,  subject  to  such  rules  as  may  be  prescribed,  be 
appointed by the Institute: 

Provided that the first Director of the Institute shall be appointed by the Central Government. 

(2) The Director shall act as the Secretary to the Institute as well as the Governing Body. 

(3) The Director shall hold office for a term of five years from the date on which he enters upon his 

office or until he attains the age of sixty-five years, whichever is earlier. 

(4) The Director shall exercise such powers and discharge such functions as may be specified, or as 
may be delegated to him by the Institute or the President of the Institute or the Governing Body or the 
Chairperson of the Governing Body. 

(5)  Subject  to  such  rules  as  may  be  prescribed,  the  Institute  may  appoint  such  number  of  other 
officers and employees as may be necessary for the exercise of its powers and discharge of its functions 
and may determine the designations and grades of such other officers and employees. 

(6) Subject to such rules as may be prescribed, the Director and other officers and employees of the 
Institute  shall  be  entitled  to  such  salary  and  allowances  and  shall  be  governed  by  such  conditions  of 
service in respect of leave, pension, provident fund and other matters as may be specified. 

12. Objects of Institute.—The objects of the Institute shall be— 

(a) to develop patterns of teaching in undergraduate and postgraduate medical education in all its 

branches so as to demonstrate a high standard of medical education; 

(b) to bring together, as far as may be, in one place educational facilities of the highest order for 

the training of personnel in all important branches of health activity; and 

(c)  to  attain  self-sufficiency  in  postgraduate  medical  education  to  meet  the  country's  needs  for 

specialists and medical teachers. 

13. Functions of Institute.—With a view to the promotion of the objects specified in section 12, the 

Institute may— 

(a) provide for undergraduate and postgraduate teaching in the science of modern medicine and 

other allied sciences, including physical and biological sciences; 

(b) provide facilities for research in various branches of such sciences; 

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(c) provide for the teaching of humanities; 

(d)  conduct  experiments  in  new  methods  of  medical  education,  both  undergraduate  and 

postgraduate, in order to arrive at satisfactory standards of such education; 

(e) specify courses and curricula for both undergraduate and postgraduate studies; 

(f) notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being in force, establish and 

maintain— 

(i)  one  or  more  medical  colleges  with  different  departments,  including  a  department  of 
preventive  and  social  medicine,  sufficiently  staffed  and  equipped  to  undertake  not  only 
undergraduate medical education but also postgraduate medical education in different subjects, 

(ii) one or more well-equipped hospitals, 

(iii) a dental college with such institutional facilities for the practice of dentistry and for the 

practical training of students as may be necessary, 

(iv) a nursing college sufficiently staffed and equipped for the training of nurses, 

(v) rural and urban health organisations which will form centres for the field training of the 
medical, dental and nursing students of the Institute as well as for research into community health 
problems, and 

(vi)  other  institutions  for  the  training  of  different  types  of  health  workers,  such  as 
physiotherapists,  occupational  therapists,  pharmacists,  drug  analysts  and  medical  technicians  of 
various kinds; 

(g) train teachers from different medical colleges in India; 

(h) hold examinations and grant such degrees, diplomas and other academic distinctions and titles 

in undergraduate and postgraduate medical education as may be laid down in the regulations; 

(i)  institute,  and  appoint  persons  to,  professorships,  readerships,  lecturerships  and  posts  of  any 

description in accordance with regulations; 

(j) receive grants from the Government and gifts, donations, benefactions, bequests and transfers 
of properties, both movable and immovable, from donors, benefactors, testators or transferors, as the 
case may be; 

(k)  deal  with  any  property  belonging  to,  or  vested  in,  the  Institute  in  any  manner  which  is 

considered necessary for promoting the objects specified in section 12; 

(l)  demand  and  receive  with  the  prior  approval  of  the  Central  Government  such  fees  and  other 

charges as may be specified: 

Provided that such fees and other charges payable by the students shall in no case exceed the fees 

and other charges specified by a medical Institute of the Central Government; 

(m) reserve at least twenty seats out of every seventy-five seats in undergraduate courses in the 

institute for local applicants; 

(n)  provide  free  treatment  to  the  poor  patients  in  the  same  manner  as  are  being  provided  by  a 

medical Institute of the Central Government; 

(o)  construct  quarters  for  its  staff  and  allot  such  quarters  to  the  staff  in  accordance  with  such 

regulations as may be made in this behalf; 

(p)  borrow  money,  with  the  prior  approval  of  the  Central  Government,  on  the  security  of  the 

property of the Institute; 

(q)  do  all  such  other  acts  and  things  as  may  be  necessary  to  further  the  objects  specified  in  

section 12. 

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14.  Vesting  of  property.—The  properties  of  the  Jawaharlal  Institute  of  Post-Graduate  Medical 
Education  and  Research,  Puducherry  which  vested  in  the  Central  Government  shall,  on  the 
commencement of this Act, vest in the Institute. 

15.  Payment  to  Institute.—The  Central  Government  may,  after  due  appropriation  made  by 
Parliament by law in this behalf, pay to the Institute in each financial year such sums of money  and in 
such  manner  as  may  be  considered  necessary  by  that  Government  for  the  exercise  of  its  powers  and 
discharge of its functions under this Act. 

16. Fund of Institute.—(1) The Institute shall maintain a Fund to which shall be credited— 

(a) all moneys provided by the Central Government; 

(b) all fees and other charges received by the Institute; 

(c) all moneys received by the Institute by way of grants, gifts, donations, benefactions, bequests 

or transfers; and 

(d) all moneys received by the Institute in any other manner or from any other source. 

(2) All moneys credited to the Fund shall be deposited in such banks or invested in such manner as 

the Institute may, with the approval of the Central Government, decide. 

(3)  The  Fund  shall  be  applied  towards  meeting  the  expenses  of  the  Institute  including  expenses 

incurred in the exercise of its powers and discharge of its functions under section 13. 

17.  Budget  of  Institute.—The  Institute  shall  prepare  in  such  form  and  at  such  time  every  year  a 
budget in respect of the financial year next ensuing showing the estimated receipts and expenditure of the 
Institute  and  shall  forward  to  the  Central  Government  such  number  of  copies  thereof  as  may  be 
prescribed. 

18. Accounts and audit.—(1) The Institute shall maintain proper accounts and other relevant records 
and  prepare  an  annual  statement  of  accounts  including  the  balance-sheet  in  such  form  as  the  Central 
Government may, by rules prescribe, and in accordance with such general directions as may be issued by 
that Government, in consultation with the Comptroller and Auditor-General of India. 

(2) The accounts of the Institute shall be audited by the Comptroller and Auditor-General of India and 
any  expenditure  incurred  by  him  in  connection  with  such  audit  shall  be  payable  by  the  Institute  to  the 
Comptroller and Auditor-General of India. 

(3)  The  Comptroller  and  Auditor-General  of  India  and  any  person  appointed  by  him  in  connection 
with  the  audit  of  the  accounts  of  the  Institute  shall  have  the  same  rights,  privileges  and  authority  in 
connection with such audit as the Comptroller and Auditor-General of India has in connection with the 
audit  of  the  Government  accounts  and,  in  particular,  shall  have  the  right  to  demand  the  production  of 
books,  accounts,  connected  vouchers  and  other  documents  and  papers  and  to  inspect  the  offices  of  the 
Institute as well as of the institutions established and maintained by it. 

(4) The Accounts of the Institute as certified by the Comptroller and Auditor-General of India or any 
other  person  appointed  by  him  in  this  behalf  together  with  the  audit  report  thereon  shall  be  forwarded 
annually  to  the  Central  Government  and  that  Government  shall  cause  the  same  to  be  laid  before  both 
Houses of Parliament. 

19.  Annual report.—The Institute  shall  prepare for every  year  a  report  of  its activities  during  that 
year and submit the report to the Central Government in such form and on or before such date as may be 
prescribed and a copy of this report shall be laid before both Houses of Parliament within one month of its 
receipt. 

20. Pension and provident funds.—(1) The Institute shall constitute for the benefit of its officers, 
teachers  and  other  employees  in  such  manner  and  subject  to  such  conditions  as  may  be  specified  by 
regulations, such pension and provident funds as it may deem fit. 

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(2)  Where  any  such  pension  or  provident  fund  has  been  constituted,  the  Central  Government  may 
declare that the provisions of the Provident Funds Act, 1925 (19 of 1925) shall apply to, such fund as if it 
were a Government Provident Fund. 

21.  Authentication  of  orders  and  instruments  of  Institute.—All  orders  and  decisions  of  the 
Institute  shall  be  authenticated  by  the  signature  of the  Director  or  any  other  member  authorised  by  the 
Institute in this behalf and all other instruments shall be authenticated by the signature of such officers as 
may be authorised by the Institute. 

22.  Acts  and  proceedings  not  to  be  invalidated  by  vacancies,  etc.—No  act  done  or  proceeding 
taken  by  the  Institute,  Governing  Body  or  any  standing  or  ad  hoc  committee  under  this  Act  shall  be 
questioned on the ground merely of the existence of any vacancy in, or defect in the constitution of, the 
Institute, Governing Body or such standing or ad hoc committee. 

23. Grant of medical degrees, diplomas, etc., by Institute.—Notwithstanding anything contained in 
any  other  law  for  the  time  being  in  force,  the  Institute  shall  have  the  power  to  grant  medical,  dental, 
nursing degrees, diplomas and other academic distinctions and titles under this Act. 

24.  Recognition  of  medical  qualifications  granted  by  Institute.—Notwithstanding  anything 
contained in the Indian Medical Council Act, 1956 (102 of 1956) the Dentist Act, 1948 (16 of 1948) the 
Indian  Nursing  Council  Act,  1947  (48  of  1947)  the  medical  degrees  and  diplomas,  dental  degrees  and 
nursing degrees granted by the Institute under this Act shall be recognised medical qualifications for the 
purposes of the Acts aforesaid and shall be deemed to be included in the Schedules to the respective Acts. 

25. Control by Central Government.—The Institute shall carry out such directions as may be issued 

to it from time to time by the Central Government for the efficient administration of this Act. 

26. Resolution of differences.—If in, or in connection with, the exercise of its powers and discharge 
of  its functions by  the  Institute  under  this  Act, any  dispute arises  between the  Institute and the  Central 
Government, the decision of the Central Government thereon shall be final. 

27. Returns and information.—The Institute shall furnish to the Central Government such reports, 

returns and other information as that Government may require from time to time. 

28. Transfer of service of existing employees.—(1) On and from the date of commencement of this 
Act, every employee holding a post in the Jawaharlal Institute of  Post-Graduate Medical Education and 
Research, Puducherry, before that date, shall hold the post in the Institute by the same tenure, and upon 
the same terms and conditions of service including remuneration, leave, provident fund, retirement and 
other  terminal  benefits  as  he  would  have  held  such  post  as  if  this  Act  had  not  been  passed  and  shall 
continue to do so as an employee of the Institute for a period of 1[three and one-half years] from the date 
of the commencement of this Act, unless he, within the said period of 1[three and one-half years], opts not 
to  be  an  employee  of  the  Institute  or  until  his  tenure,  remuneration  or  other  terms  and  conditions  of 
service are duly altered by the regulations: 

2[Provided that the employees, who have, or as the case may be, who have not, exercised their option 
and not transferred out of the Institute as on the date of coming into force of the Jawaharlal Institute of 
Post-Graduate  Medical Education and Research, Puducherry (Amendment) Act, 2011 (10 of 2011), may 
exercise their option afresh before the specified period: 

Provided further that] the officers of the Jawaharlal Institute of Post-Graduate Medical Education and 
Research,  Puducherry  belonging  to  the  Central  Health  Service,  who  opts  to  be  an  employee  of  the 
Institute then, his appointment, pay, allowances and other terms and conditions of service shall be such as 
may be prescribed. 

(2) Every person, who opts not to be an employee of the Institute within the period so specified, shall 
be governed by the rules and orders as are applicable to the Central Government officers and employees 
of equivalent rank. 

1. Subs. by Act 10 of 2011, s. 2, for “one year” (w.e.f. 27-8-2011). 
2. Subs. by s. 2, ibid., for “Provided that” (w.e.f. 27-8-2011). 

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(3) Subject to the provisions of this section, the tenure, remuneration and other terms and conditions 
of  service  including  pension  of  any  employee  of  the  Institute  shall  not  be  altered  to  his  disadvantage 
without the previous approval of the Central Government. 

29. Power to make rules.—(1) The Central Government, after consultation with the Institute, may, 

by notification in the Official Gazette, make rules to carry out the purposes of this Act: 

Provided that consultation with the Institute, shall not be necessary on the first occasion of making of 
rules under this section, but the Central Government shall take into consideration the suggestions which 
the Institute may make in relation to the amendment of such rules after they are made. 

(2)  In  particular,  and  without  prejudice  to  the  generality  of  the  foregoing  power,  such  rules  may 

provide for all or any of the following matters, namely:— 

(a) the manner of nomination of members under clauses (j) and (k) of sub-section (1) of section 5; 

(b) the manner of filling vacancies under sub-section (8) of section 6; 

(c) the powers and functions to be exercised and discharged by the President of the Institute under 

section 7; 

(d) the allowances to be paid to the President and other members of the Institute under section 8; 

(e) the control and restrictions in relation to the constitution of standing and ad hoc committees 

under sub-section (5) of section 10; 

(f) the tenure of office, salaries and allowances and other conditions of service of the Director and 

other officers and employees of the Institute appointed by the Institute under section 11; 

(g)  the  form  in  which,  and  the  time  at  which, the  budgets  and  reports  shall  be prepared  by  the 

Institute under section 17; 

(h)  the  form  of  annual  statement  of  accounts  including  balance-sheet  under  sub-section  (1)  of 

section 18; 

(i) the form of annual report under section 19; 

(j) any other matter which has to be or may be prescribed by rules. 

30.  Power  to  make  regulations.—(1)  The  Institute  with  the  previous  approval  of  the  Central 
Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, make regulations consistent with this Act and 
the rules made thereunder to carry out the purposes of this Act, and without prejudice to the generality of 
this power, such regulations may provide for— 

(a) the summoning and holding of meetings, other than the first meeting, of the Institute, the time 
and  place  where  such  meetings  are  to  be  held  and  the  conduct  of  business  at  such  meetings  under 
section 9; 

(b) the manner of constituting the Governing Body and standing and ad hoc committees, the term 
of office of, and the manner of filling vacancies therein, the allowances to be paid to the members and 
the procedure to be followed by the Governing Body; standing and ad hoc committees in the conduct 
of their business, exercise of their powers, discharge of their functions under section 10; 

(c) the powers and duties of the Director and other officers and employees of the Institute under 

sub-sections (3) and (4) and other conditions of service under sub-section (5) of section 11; 

(d) the power of the Institute under section 13, to specify— 

(i) courses and curricula for undergraduate and postgraduate studies; 

(ii) hold examination and grant degrees, diplomas and other academic distinctions and titles 

under clause (h); 

(iii) the professorships, readerships, lecturerships and other posts which may be instituted and 

persons who may be appointed to such posts under clause (i); 

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(iv) the management of the properties of the Institute under clause (k); 

(v)  the fees  and  other charges  which  may  be  demanded  and received  by the Institute under 

clause (l); 

(e) the manner in which, and the conditions subject to which, pension and provident funds may be 
constituted  for  the  benefit  of  officers,  teachers  and  other  employees  of  the  Institute  under  
sub-section (1) of section 20; 

(f) any other matter for which under this Act provisions may be made by regulations. 

(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), the first regulations under this Act shall be 
made  by  the  Central  Government;  and  any  regulations  so  made  may  be  altered  or  rescinded  by  the 
Institute in exercise of its powers under sub-section (1). 

31.  Laying  of  rules  and  regulations  before  Parliament.—Every  rule  and  every  regulation  made 
under this Act shall be laid, as soon as may be after it is made, before each House of Parliament, while it 
is in session, for a total period of thirty days which may be comprised in one session or in two or more 
successive  sessions,  and  if,  before  the  expiry  of  the  session  immediately  following  the  session  or  the 
successive sessions aforesaid, both Houses agree in making any modification in the rule or regulation or 
both Houses agree that the rule or regulation should not be made, the rule or regulation shall thereafter 
have effect only in such modified form or be of no effect, as the case may be; so, however, that any such 
modification or annulment shall be without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done under 
that rule or regulation. 

32. Power to remove difficulties.—(1) If any difficulty arises in giving effect to the provisions of 
this Act, the Central Government may, by order, published in the Official Gazette, make such provision 
not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, as may appear to be necessary for removing the difficulty: 

Provided that no such order shall be made under this section, after the expiry of a period of two years 

from the date of commencement of this Act. 

(2) Every order made under this section shall be laid, as soon as may be after it is made, before each 

House of Parliament.  

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